Winch for fish-boats.



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J. J. MoDQNALD. WINOHI'OR FISH BOATS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903,

PATENT OFFICE.

Vl/INCH FOR FISH-BOATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,348, dated September 8, 1903.

Application filed May 25,1903- I $erial No. 158,582. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MCDONALD, a subject of the King of England, residing at Port Madison, in the county of Kitsap and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vinches for FishBoats, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to winches, and specifically to winches used for hauling upon a vessel fish nets or seines.

The object of the invention is to so construct the main or supporting frame and its fastenings so as to adapt a winch for use on board fishing-boats without in any way interfering with the maneuvering of the boat or the handling of the netting; and the invention consists in the novel arrangement, construction, and combination of the several elements comprised therein, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a winch and a portion of a boat with my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters represent corresponding parts in both views, A indicates the bulwarks, andB a thwart or platform adapted to support the winch and its frame. The frame consists of end standards 8, connected integrally bylongitudinal tie-bars h and to a base-plate c. The said standards are provided with journal-bearings for shafts d and 9, having rectangular ends to accommodate the socket of a crank-handle f. Fixedly mounted upon the shaft 6, and external of the frame for convenience, are spools and intermediate thereof a ratchet-wheel h and a spur gearwheel t', which meshes with a spur-pinion j of the shaft d. It is a pawl hinged to the frame and adapted to severally engage with the teeth of the said ratchet wheel. The baseplate 0 of the frame projects to one side of the standards and adjacent to its outer end it is pivotally connected with the thwart B by a trunnion Z. Near the opposite end of the base-plate, and preferably beneath the working winch parts, I provide one or more elongated slots m for the reception of lockingstaples n or n, which are' respectively positioned so as to register therewith in both the operative position of the winch, as shown by full lines in both views, and its inoperative position, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 1. The said staples are fitted in corresponding recesses of the thwart, so that when not in use their upper surfaces will lie flush with ends of the staples are providedwith collars or washers n, so disposed as to permit the staples being raised sufficiently high to allow the insertion of locking-keysp under the horizontal part thereof. Stay-rods are provided to support the top part of the frame and comprise rods t, hinged to eyebolt o, firmly secured to suitable timber of the bulwark and having their opposite ends bent, as at u, to hook the rods into apertures o of the frame. The operation of the winch parts requires no description here, inasmuch as it is similar to others well known in the art, and the manner of moving the winch as a whole and locking the same in its set position will be understood from the foregoing description. 7

' By means of the aforesaid extended framebase, with its trunniouand staple connections to the thwart and the stay-rods tieing the upper portion, the winch is held sufficiently rigid to withstand any strains likely to be encountered, and, in addition, permits the apparatus being swung around clear of the transverse center of the vessel, and hence allows unobstructed space for the stowage of the nets or the operating of sweeps or oars for propelling the boat.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An apparatus of the class described, comprising, in combination, a frame having end standards and a base-plate, ashaft journaled in said frame ends and carrying spools and a gear-wheel, another shaft journaledin said frame ends and having a pinion mounted thereon which meshes with the said gear- Wheel, a trunnion extending through the said base-plate'and pivotally connecting the frame to a supporting platform or boat thwart, staples connected with said thwart and adapted to engage with the said frame, lock ing-keys for said staples, and the stay-rods, gaged positions in the base-plate, snbstanl0 substantially as set forth. tially as set forth.

2. The combination with the standards and In testimony whereof I affix iny signature the base-plate of the frame, and a trunnion in presence of two Witnesses. pivotally connecting the said base-plate to a supporting-platform, of staples secured to the 7 N MCDONALD said platform and adapted to engage with Witnesses: apertures of the said base-plate; and keys or PIERRE BARNES, pins for locking the said staples in their en- P. C. DORMITZER. 

